Analysis of the body mass index and leg profiles of Asian women after total leg sculpture

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 643-650

  Tsai, Feng Chou ^a   Chen, Chien Hao ^b   Lin, Chan Yi ^b   Ho, Li Yung ^b  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; BUTTOCK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; LEG SCULPTURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIPOSUCTION; NEURECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHLEBECTOMY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; THERAPY EFFECT; THIGH;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; BUTTOCKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; LEG; LIPECTOMY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; THIGH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69249126249     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181addc7f     Document Type: Article

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